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Formats, rules, card types and abilities explained step by step. Learn Magic: The Gathering from scratch.
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Marvel: Darkhold Destiny, Magic's next Marvel set: release date and first cards
Wizards revealed the second Marvel set at New York Comic Con: Darkhold Destiny releases 9 April 2027, with its own original story, Hela, Magik and the Darkhold itself. Here are the first seven cards and the mechanics showing so far.
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Ottawa Regional Championship: Kaya Gregg's winning decklist
Kaya Gregg won the F2F Tour Ottawa Regional Championship (2-4 October 2026) in Modern with Azorius Control and the Isochron Scepter plus Orim's Chant lock. Full decklist, maindeck and sideboard.
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Fun 2-card combos for Commander and Casual
Eight pairs of cards that win the game with no help from anyone: which ones really win on their own, which only build the loop, and which need a third piece no matter what the internet tells you.
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Baltimore Regional Championship: Pete Ingram's winning decklist
Pete Ingram won the SCG CON Baltimore Regional Championship (13 September 2026) in Modern with Mono-Green Broodscale. Full decklist, maindeck and sideboard.
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Commander Brackets: what they are and how to calculate yours
Wizards put a number on the age-old question: is your deck a precon or a tournament build? The five Commander brackets, the four things that actually separate them, and how to calculate which one your deck falls into.
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MagicNexus in depth: the app that logs everything at your table
Life counter, decks with levelling companions, worldwide ranking, tournaments and trades. We go through MagicNexus feature by feature: what it does, how it does it, and which playgroup it suits.
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Commander decks: how many cards and how to build one
Short answer: exactly 100 cards, all different, and one of them is your commander. Here is everything else that changes compared to a normal game of Magic.
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Reality Fracture: all 285 cards, out now
All 285 cards of the set released on 2 October 2026, plus the 87 new cards in Reality Fracture Commander: two new mechanics — Prepare and Empower Jace — Exhaust returning, Emrakul and Tarmogoyf returning, and planeswalkers in colours that aren't theirs.
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Star Trek in Magic: the revealed cards and the shocklands
The 91 cards already revealed from the 13 November 2026 set, plus the 38 from Star Trek Commander: all ten shocklands return to Standard, the Federation against the Borg, Spacecraft with Station, and the Face a dilemma keyword.
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Magic keywords: every keyword ability explained
Flying, trample, hexproof, prowess, ward… What each Magic: The Gathering keyword does and when it actually works. Sorted so you can find one mid-game.
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Pro Tour Marvel Super Heroes: Yuuki Ichikawa's winning decklist
Yuuki Ichikawa won Pro Tour Marvel Super Heroes (19 July 2026, MagicCon Amsterdam) in Modern with Simic Neoform. Full decklist, maindeck and sideboard.
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When does Standard rotate in 2026?
Short answer: there is no rotation in 2026. Wizards is moving it to the first set of the calendar year, so the next one is in 2027 and six sets leave at once.
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Standard legal sets: what's in, what rotates and when
The full list of Standard legal sets with their release dates, the six leaving with the first set of 2027, and the ones joining over the next few months.
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Magic: The Gathering formats, explained
The basic rules for Constructed and Commander (life, mulligan, poison, commander damage…) and each format with its rules and a beginner-friendly version.
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Card types in Magic: The Gathering
Creatures, instants, sorceries, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers and lands: what each type does, when you can play it and examples with real cards.
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Abilities in Magic: activated, triggered and keywords
The four ability types (activated, triggered, static and keywords) explained with examples and real cards: what they do and when they work.